Mohsen Tanabandeh

Mohsen Tanabandeh
محسن تنابنده
Tanabandeh at the 2019 Fajr Film Festival
Born	(1975-04-15) April 15, 1975 Tehran, Iran
Nationality	Iranian
Alma mater	University of Tehran
Occupations	Actor director screenwriter
Years active	1992–present
Spouse	Roshanak Golpa ​ (m. 2015)​
Children	2
Website	IMDb profile

Mohsen Tanabandeh (Persian: محسن تنابنده; born April 15, 1975) is an Iranian actor, director and screenwriter. In 2022, he won the Orizzonti Award for Best Actor at the 79th Venice International Film Festival for his performance in World War III (2022). He has received various accolades, including three Crystal Simorgh and four Hafez Awards.

Tanabandeh is famous for playing the role of Naghi Mamoli in the television series Paytakht (2011-2020). He was the creator and head writer of this series and won three Hafez Awards for his performance and screenplay.

Early life

Tanabandeh has studied acting at University of Art and Architecture. He began theater acting in 1992 and appeared in his first cinematic movie in 2001.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Actor	Screenwriter	Director
2003	Tiny Snowflakes	Mine Guard	Yes	No	Alireza Amini
2005	How Much You Want to Cry?		No	Yes	Shahed Ahmadlo
	A Few Kilos of Dates For A Funeral	Sadri	Yes	No	Saman Salur
2006	Offside	Ticket Seller	Yes	No	Jafar Panahi
2007	Catch Me If You Can		No	Yes	Shahed Ahmadlo
2008	A Time to Love	Amiri	Yes	No	Ebrahim Forouzesh
	A Petition for God	Ali Mohammad	Yes	Yes	Alireza Amini
2010	Seven Minutes Until Autumn	Nima	Yes	Yes	Alireza Amini
	First Stone	Hassan Ali	Yes	No	Ebrahim Forouzesh
	Saint Petersburg	Karim	Yes	No	Behrouz Afkhami
2011	Indigences	Mahmoud	Yes	No	Mohammad Reza Arab
2014	Lamp 100	Farzin	Yes	No	Saeed Aghakhani
2015	Iran Burger	Fathollah Khan	Yes	No	Masoud Jafari Jozani
	Guinness	Bek	Yes	Yes	Mohsen Tanabandeh
	Muhammad: The Messenger of God	Samuel	Yes	No	Majid Majidi
2017	Ferrari	Nader	Yes	No	Alireza Davood Nejad
2018	Rona, Azim's Mother	Azim	Yes	No	Jamshid Mahmoudi
2019	Oath		No	Yes	Mohsen Tanabandeh
2020	3 Puffs	Mojtaba	Yes	No	Saman Salur
	Killer Spider	Saeed	Yes	No	Ebrahim Irajzad
2021	Once Upon a Time, Abadan	Mosayeb Charkhideh	Yes	No	Hamid Reza Azarang
	A Hero	Bahram	Yes	No	Asghar Farhadi
2022	World War III	Shakib	Yes	No	Houman Seyyedi
TBA	Capital		Yes	No	Siroos Moghaddam

Web

Year	Title	Role	Actor	Screenwriter	Director	Platform
2013–2014	King of Ear	Ismael Zekavat / Esfandiyar Majbour / Haji Mohsen Talai	Yes	No	Davood Mirbagheri	Video CD
2014–2015	Fool	Houshang's Mother	Yes	No	Kamal Tabrizi
2021	Mutual Friendship	Himself	No	No	Shahab Hosseini	Namava
2023	Set Me Free	Hatam Nayeb Sorkhi	Yes	No	Shahram Shah Hosseini	Filimo
TBA	Wrapper	—	No	No	Mohsen Tabnabandeh	Filmnet

Television

Year	Title	Role	Actor	Screenwriter	Acting Coach	Director	Network
2006	Life on the Condition of Laughter		No	Yes	No	Mehdi Mazloumi	IRIB TV5
2007	For Sogand's Sake	Ebi	Yes	No	No	Seyyed Rahim Hosseini
2008	SMS from Another World		No	Yes	No	Siroos Moghaddam	IRIB TV1
	The Escort Officer	Afshin	Yes	No	No	Saeed Soltani	IRIB TV5
	Yalda Night's Watermelon	Ghafar	Yes	No	No	Saeed Aghakhani
2009	Boys Aren't Born Soldiers		No	Yes	No	Shahed Ahmadlo
2010	Enclosure		No	Yes	No	Siroos Moghaddam	IRIB TV1
2011–present	Capital	Naghi Mamouli	Yes	Yes	Yes	Siroos Moghaddam	IRIB TV1
2012	Returned Check		No	Yes	No	Siroos Moghaddam	IRIB TV1
2017	AlalBadal	Aghasi	Yes	Yes	Yes	Siroos Moghaddam	IRIB TV1
2023	Homeland	Morteza	Yes	No	No	Kamal Tabrizi	IRIB TV3

Awards and nominations

Mohsen Tanabandeh in 15th Hafez Awards (2015)

Award	Year	Category	Nominated Work	Result
Asian Film Awards	2023	Best Actor	World War III	Nominated
Asia Pacific Screen Awards	2019	Best Performance by an Actor	Rona, Azim's Mother	Nominated
Australia International Film Festival	2019	Best Actor	Rona, Azim's Mother	Won
	2020	Best Director	Oath	Won
Diorama International Film Festival & Market	2019	Best Actor	Rona, Azim's Mother	Won
Fajr Film Festival	2008	Best Screenplay	A Petition for God	Nominated
		Best Actor in a Supporting Role	A Petition for God	Won
	2010	Best Actor in a Leading Role	First Stone and Seven Minutes Until Autumn	Won
	2011	Best Actor in a Supporting Role	Indigences	Honorary Diploma
	2015	Best Actor in a Leading Role	Iran Burger	Nominated
	2017		Ferrari	Won
	2019	Best Screenplay	Oath	Nominated
	2021	Best Actor in a Leading Role	Once Upon a Time, Abadan	Nominated
Hafez Awards	2011	Best Actor – Motion Picture	Saint Petersburg	Nominated
	2014	Best Actor – Television Series Comedy	King of Ear and Capital 2	Won
		Best Screenplay – Television Series	Capital 2	Nominated
	2015	Best Actor – Motion Picture	Iran Burger	Nominated
		Best Actor – Television Series Comedy	Capital 3	Nominated
		Best Screenplay – Television Series	Capital 3	Won
	2018	Best Screenplay – Television Series	Capital 5	Won
		Best Actor – Television Series Comedy	Capital 5	Nominated
		Best Actor – Motion Picture	Ferrari	Nominated
	2020	Best Actor – Television Series Comedy	Capital 6	Won
		Best Screenplay – Television Series	Capital 6	Nominated
	2021	Best Actor – Motion Picture	A Hero	Nominated
	2023	Best Actor – Television Series Drama	Set Me Free	Nominated
		Best Actor – Motion Picture	3 Puffs	Nominated
Iran Cinema Celebration	2008	Best Actor in a Supporting Role	A Petition for God	Nominated
Iran's Film Critics and Writers Association	2008	Best Actor in a Supporting Role	A Petition for God	Nominated
	2010	Best Screenplay	Seven Minutes Until Autumn	Nominated
	2011	Best Actor in a Leading Role	Indigences	Nominated
	2017		Ferrari	Nominated
Jam-e-Jam Television Festival	2012	Best Actor	Capital 1	Won
Belgrade International Film Festival	2023	Best Actor	World War III	Won
Venice International Film Festival	2022	The Orizzonti Award for Best Actor	World War III	Won
Yas International Film Festival	2014	Best Actor	King of Ear	Won
Zurich Film Festival	2020	Best Director	Oath	Won

External links

• Mohsen Tanabandeh on Instagram
• Mohsen Tanabandeh at IMDb